@mrjgarrett.bsky.social
Educator, part time freedom fighter, and more than a little skeptical of the status quo. Cohost of https://AOTAshow.com
This Week: Florida’s dystopian nightmare of school continues, with parents buying classes on an Amazon-like website, as the coffers for public schools dwindle. And a challenge to AB 715 in California brings some hope for the future of teaching truth.
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Today on AOTA Shorts: Trump & McMahon try to put the nail in the coffin of the USDOE, cutting nearly all employees from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Ed. But, a judge orders a temporary halt. Emphasis on temporary. Manuel and Jeff discuss!
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Today on AOTA shorts: The teacher pay penalty hits a record high, with teachers making just 73 cents on the dollar for comparably trained professionals, compared to 94 cents just 30 years ago. Manuel and Jeff discuss!
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Today on AOTA shorts: There’s a competitor to the SAT and ACT that’s gaining ground, especially in right wing states and with Christian institutions. If you thought this kinda sounds like some white affirmative action, so did we. Manuel and Jeff discuss!
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Today on AOTA Shorts: USC doubles down on legacy and donor admits despite new CA law banning the practice in the state. The elites cry about meritocracy, but when given the chance to do it… no thanks. Manuel and Jeff discuss!
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This Week: Dumber by design - new survey results show a climate of “fear & hopelessness” looms over higher ed faculty, especially in the former confederate states. 1 in 4 plan to leave for another state. Also, recap of the Ws and Ls in fascist nonsense in Ed.
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This Week: Educators face investigation, being put on public lists, threats, and professional sanctions in response to social media posts. The chilling effect threatens the foundations and future of public ed. Manuel & Jeff discuss w/ Gerardo Muñoz.
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This Week: Normalizing the not normal. Jeff gets a letter in EdWeek critiquing the platforming of anti public school positions. FL moves to end school vax mandates. MN moves to harden schools after the latest mass shooting. Manuel and Jeff discuss.
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Imagine being a judge who rules in favor of keeping a concentration camp open that is systematically violating human rights, constitutional rights, and any acceptable standard of human decency.
Imagine it.
We are ruled by monsters.
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This Week: Another school shooting with “thoughts & prayers” as the response. TX tries to force 10 commandments in all classrooms, despite court ruling. Beverly Hills schools almost fly Israeli flags amid genocide. And the chaos following Mahmoud decision begins.
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This Week: The effort to whitewash ethnic studies in CA continues. But thankfully legislators face pushback against AB 715 from the teacher’s union and a growing coalition resisting insidious, weaponized accusations of antisemitism. Manuel & Jeff discuss!
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This Week: "Adulting 101." Should this be a class for everyone? A new paper from the Fordham Inst. shows experienced Teachers do, in fact, improve over time. And we run down the latest Ws and Ls for education in fascist America. Manuel and Jeff discuss!
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I’ve spent many years working in the nonprofit space, and I can say, this illustrates a fundamental flaw of a philanthropy centered strategy of social change.
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"Zohran Mamdani on Meet the Press: ‘I Don’t Think That We Should Have Billionaires’" Anyone surprised this sentiment has not talked to Gen Zers. They know the system is rigged against them. www.mediaite.com/media/news/z...
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This week: The Court unleashes its final rulings of 2024. Included was letting parents opt out of content with LGBTQ+ people, paving the way for an end to birthright citizenship, and making it easier to sell new vapes to our kids. Manuel and Jeff discuss!
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Good morning America. These soldiers in LA, doing nothing but normalizing the creep towards fascism, is what your taxes are paying for instead of health care, education, feeding hungry kids, clean air and water, science, housing and homelessness, bias and discrimination, the arts… #freedom
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“She literally had to choose: physical harm or potential [ICE] custody.”
12.06.2025 21:53 — 👍 3350 🔁 1416 💬 100 📌 103By now, we've all seen the video of Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) being forcibly removed and handcuffed for asking a question during Kristi Noem's press conference.
But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.
Wickedness. These people are genuinely bad actors in the public space. We don’t need to pretend they have legit opinions on issues of consequence. The violence is the point for them.
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Truly despicable what continues in Palestine ❤️💔🕊️
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This Week: The fascist assualt on education continues, but the resistance gains (at least a little) momentum. From LA to Harvard, institutions push back. Plus the WI gov usues veto to increase school funding for 400 years. Manuel and Jeff discuss!
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I’m excited to share this recent feature on yours truly with the folks at Canvas Rebel, hot off the press!
It was a fun opportunity to share my thoughts on turbulent times in public ed, where we should go next, and my journey over the last two decades.
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This Week: Throwback alert! Since Jeff is out today we thought it’d be dope to take a walk down memory lane with this episode from 2019 when we appeared on Flip the Script w/Vida Star on KPFK radio. It was great convo and we hope you enjoy it too ✊🏽✊🏾❤️
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This is one of the best explanations and analyses I’ve heard of what’s happening with right wing trade policy right now.
Definitely worth a listen.
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This Week: Feds threaten to withold funds if states don’t certify they do no more DEI in 10 days. The Court upholds hundreds of millions in cuts to teacher ed. Plus, the private disaster that was Kanye’s Donda Academy. Manuel and Jeff discuss!
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The quiet acquiescence to right wing authoritarianism from the most powerful institutions of learning continues…
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This Week: The weaponization of the US Dept of Ed continues, this time with the goal of forcing educators to out their LGBTQ+ students. And, a group of CA Dems begins trojan horse effort to gut ethnic studies, citing critique of Israel as antisemitism.
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This Week: The White House and wrestling magnate turned US Sec. of Ed Linda McMahon come off the third rope on public education with the newest abuse of executive power aimed at all but eliminating the Dept of Ed. Manuel and Jeff discuss!
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